Thursday, October 20, 2011

A Bird Quiz

I enjoy bird identification quizzes, or rather I enjoy the idea of them. Since I usually do pretty poorly, I guess I also find them frustrating at times. I'm wading into unknown waters here, so let me know how it goes and what you determine these mystery species to be. A lot of these pictures have occurred elsewhere on the blog; no cheating! I always felt it's a little unfair to use super blurry photos on a bird quiz, so I tried to avoid that. It may thus be too easy, let me know!
1.
Taken in Napa, CA

2.
Taken on Camelback Mtn. AZ

3.
Taken on Camelback Mtn. AZ

4.
Taken in Gilbert, AZ, at a riparian area.

5.
Taken at the Desert Botanical Gardens, AZ

6.
Yeah I don't think any hints are needed here.

 7.
Taken in Phoenix, AZ, which is not its normal range.

8.
It's not a Condor

9.
It's not a Vireo

10.